WTI crude price driving the market not Brent...
Brent was up today but WTI really down. The market is in backwardation where the forward crude price is lower than the current price. Even though Brent is close to $110, the market sees the reason as not fundamental but rather situational with problems in Libya so the major investors and looking to the WTI as the crude index that is more based on current fundamentals. Otherwise Bankers should have been up today with Brent up nearly a buck. Regardless, Bankers is enjoying really high price realizations with Brent at these levels and should be reflected in the quarterly financials next week.
Nevertheless it is frustrating as heck to see the TSX continually moving up and commodity based juniors stuck in the mud.